Environmental Assessment of an Aircraft Conversion, 102nd Fighter Interceptor Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard, Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts.

摘要

It is proposes that the massachusetts Air National Guard 102nd Fighter Interceptor Wing at Otis Air National Guard Base convert from 15 F-106 aircraft to the preferred option of 18 F-15 aircraft. The only other viable alternative is conversion to F-16 aircraft. The primary impacts of the proposal would be positive. Some facility construction and modification projects and increased land easement requirements would be associated with the conversion. Noise modeling indicates that the conversion from F-106 to either replacement aircraft would reduce noise impacts in the vicinity of the air base. After the proposed F-15 conversion, emissions of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and total suspended particulates would be reduced, while emissions of nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide would increase. The increase in nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide emissions would lead to very small incremental increases in ambient concentrations, with total concentrations maintaining National Ambient Air Quality Standards. The emissions by aircraft of all air pollutants of concern would remain the same or be reduced if the conversion was to the alternative F-16 aircraft.